"Next will be no.14 trash...Oops, junk band. Junk band please get ready." As soon as the announcement had been made, one of the band members grabbed some toilet paper and ran out to the bathroom with painful frowned face. Mi Mi Mi, Mi Sol Do Re Mi~ Pino, who is always out of tone when she sings the same tune over and over. Phew, Can we do this? Everyone looks puzzled. Five members who had been treated like junk can discover their own lives over the junk?

 

* Junk Band Story...Uh?
    A non-sense band signed up for a band contest. Honestly, No one could tell that this group could actually be called a 'band.' This band called junk band is formed of literally junk. Do you wonder what kind of junk they are made of? First of all, the music instruments are literally made up with junk. Guitar, Piano, Drum, Xylophone.....everything! Moreover, the life of junk band's member even paralleled junk. The inventor of the Bass's mom treats him badly because she believes that he simply eats all the food in the house and does nothing. Troublemaker Sori who is a guitarist can't play guitar because he is afraid of getting an electric shock. Medicine selling boy Leader. A tone-deaf Pino and even a Drummer who needs to go to bathroom when he gets nervous. To pay their back debts, they made the band. Under this mission impossible, Bass started to make something. He plunked rubber bands several times and even pats a hollow soju bottles. Then, he asked a few people including this CP reporter for assistance. On stage there were PVC pipes ranging in different sizes. When the Bass gave a signal, people hit the pipes with the slipper. Magically, there is music playing. After they finished this successful try out, they finally figured their first step out. 

* Transformation of Junk
    On the stage, there is a straw, pipe and other types of junk in everyone's hands. A huge trash can that Drummer used to sit on became gorgeous. This CP reporter expects that to be a drum but surprisingly, it became a bass guitar and the PVC pipe became the drum. Junk that makes sounds with the most unexpected kind available surprised the audience. And that Junk surprised them even more with their sounds. It sounds just like any other instrument. It's the moment that Junk actually becomes more than mere junk. Junk that gains the spotlight more than the real instruments is not junk anymore. That means the life of Junk band's members can't be treated as junk either. Just like junk that can be thrown away at any time can be formed to make beautiful music, the members of Junk band who regarded themselves as losers were reborn as superstars. 

* The reason why junk turned out to be completely fine 
    Stand by me~ Stand by me~ Leader's favorite song 'stand by me.' played in every scene. Every member of the band sings about their life. It sounded like a musical, however this performance was called a 'concert drama.' Unlike a musical, songs are the essential element of the plot. The Junk band actually holds a concert in the play. The songs are supposed to be part of the play naturally. However, in the junk band story...uh?!, holding concert only made the audience confused. In the scene of the concert, actors asked the real audience for all the cheer and applause that they might give. Since they didn't explain why they got all the attention and were popular, the real audience couldn't agree with the actors. The advantages of the play which required the audience to participate became poison to them this time.

* Junk Power, Open your ear
    Even though the plot wasn't very clear to understand, the audience was fascinated by the melody of junk. Actually, these simple plots succeed by junk power more than play. This famous junk was also on a TV show. On the TV show called 'Starking', junk proved that not only can they play Nanta but also piano and guitar. There is story behind that junk band story..uh?! created. Planner of this performance used to be a Nanta actor. After years, he tried to something different, something you can laugh at and that finally lead to the creation of the junk band story..uh?! Thanks to his hard work, the audience can feel the rough sound of Nanta and the sensitivity of the girls. Junk band story..uh?! Play in Daehak-ro in its open run. If you wonder about the success of this band, why don't you stop by and find out! 

 

By  Cho Eun-su  CP Reporter
ssu6013@cnu.ac.kr

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